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UPSC IAS Prelims 2016 Answer Key All Set Download

UPSC IAS 2016 Answer Key

11.In the citiesof our country
which among the following atmospheric gases are normally considered in
calculating thevalue of air quality index

1.Carbon
dioxide

2.Carbon
monoxide

3.Nitrogen
dioxide

4.Sulphur
Dioxide

5.Methane

Select the correct answer using the code given below

A.1,
2 and 3 only

B.2,
3 and 4 only

C.1,
4 and 5 only

D.1,
2, 3, 4 and 5

Answer:

B.2, 3 and 4 only

12.With reference to Astrosat, the astronomical observatory
launched by India, which of the following statements is/are correct

1.Other
than USA and Russia India is the only country to have launched a similar
observatory into space

2.Astrosat
is a 2000 kg satellite placed in in an orbit at 1650 km above the surface of
the earth

Select the correct answer using the code given below

A.1
only

B.2
only

C.Both
1 and 2

D.Neither
1 nor 2

Answer:

D.Neither 1 nor 2

13.With reference to the economic history of mediaeval
India the term Araghatta refers to

A.Bonded
labour

B.land
grants Made to military officers

C.water
wheel used in the irrigation of land

D.wasteland
converted to cultivated land

Answer:

C.water wheel used in the irrigation of land

14.With reference to the cultural history of India the
memorizing Chronicles, dynastic histories and epic tales was the profession of
who of the following

A.Sharmana

B.Parivraajaka

C.Agrahaarika

D.Maagadha

Answer:

15.Recently for the first time in the country, which of
the following states has declared a particular butterfly as state butterfly

A.Arunachal
Pradesh

B.Himanchal
Predesh

C.Karnataka

D.Maharastra

Answer:

D.Maharastra

16.Consider the following statements

The Mangalyaan launched by ISRO

1.is
also called the Mars Orbiter Mission

2.made
India second country to have a spacecraft orbit the mass of the USA

3.made
India the only country to be successful in making its spacecraft orbit the Mars
in his very first time

which of the following statements given below is/are
collect

A.1
only

B.2
and 3 only

C.1
and 3 only

D.1,
2 and 3 only

Answer:

D.1, 2 and 3 only

17.What was the main reason for the split of Indian National
Congress at Surat in 1907

A.Introduction
of communism into Indian politics by Lord Minto

B.Extremists
lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates to negotiate with the British
Government

C.foundation
of Muslim League

D.Aurobindo
Ghosh’s inability to be elected as the President of the Indian National
Congress

Answer:

B.Extremists lack of faith in the capacity of the moderates to negotiate with the British Government

18.The plan of Sir Stanford Cripps envisaged that after the second world war

A.India
should be granted complete independence

B.India
should be partitioned into two before granting independence

C.India
should be made the Republic with the condition that she will join the
Commonwealth

D.India
should be given Dominion status

Answer:

D.India should be given Dominion status

19. Consider the following pairs

1.Bodhgaya
– Baghelkhand

2.Khajuraho
– Bundelkhand

3.Shirdi
– Vidarbha

4.Nasik
(Nashik) – Malwa

5.Tirupati
– Rayalaseema

Which of the pairs given
above are correctly matched?

A.1, 2 and 4

B.2, 3, 4 and 5

C.2 and 5

D.1, 3, 4 and 5

Answer:

C.2 and 5

20.The Parliament of India acquires the power to legislate
on any item in the State list in the national interest if a resolution to that
effect is passed by the

A.Lok
Sabha by simple majority of its total membership

B.Lok
Sabha by majority of not less than two thirds of its total membership

C.Rajya
Sabha by a simple majority of its total membership

D.Rajya
Sabha by a majority of not less than 2
third of its members present and voting

Answer: D.Rajya Sabha by a majority of not less than 2 third of its members present and voting

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